1. Discussion Point Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a critical turning point in World War II?

2. D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944

3. Italy begins to crumble Success of Operation Torch leads to invasion of Italy July 1943 Allies invade Sicily –Mussolini falls from power –September Italy surrenders

4. April 28 th 1945 Mussolini hung

5. World War II 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 D-Day Mussolini Falls Poland Invasion France Falls Battle of Britain Invasion Soviet Union Operation Torch & Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Midway Pearl Harbor

6. 1944

7. D-Day When: June 6 th – August 25 th 1944 Code Name: Operation Overlord 1943 begin building troops in Great Britain –3.5 million troops assembled –Thousands of planes, ships, tanks & landing crafts Result: Allied Victory –3,000 Americans die first day

8. Troops assemble in England Training in England

9. Normandy General Dwight Eisenhower plans strike on coast of Northwestern France (Normandy) British, French, American & Canadian troops participate –By July 1.5 million troops were in France Began June 5 th with paratroopers & planes

10. Military Strategy: Paratroopers sent in behind enemy lines night before D-day Storming the Beach

11. Beaches of Normandy

15. STORMING THE BEACH!

19. Results of D-Day By July the Germans were retreating By August 1944 the Allies had liberated Paris! Turning point in European Theater of war –Created a 2-Front War in Europe –Forced Hitler to develop new war strategy The Battle of Stalingrad & D-Day ensure Hitler’s defeat

21. D-Day Reading Class Discussion

22. Journal #4 Explain why the Allies were ready to re-take France in June of 1944. With Hitler about to fail, what is CRITICAL to ensure a lasting peace? –(what lessons did you learn from the Treaty of Versailles)